A strong minded older woman, Mrs. Tucker moves to a small, isolated cottage in Australia where she discovers a Njimbin–a gnomelike spirit–and she must use all her cleverness to win the battle with it for her new home.
Oceania
Materials from Oceania
A City by a River
A pictorial history of the city of Melbourne, from prehistoric times to the present day.
Dog Den Mystery
When someone steals an old boot, Jack doesn’t care. Then someone steals his squeaker bone. And his blanket. And Red’s ball. Now Jack DOES care. Who is the thief of Doggeroo?
The Rainbow Serpent
Recounts the aborigine story of creation featuring Goorialla, the great Rainbow Serpent.
Dolphin Day
Georgie meets his cousins from Guam–all 31 of them–and despite a rocky start, he and his cousin Frankie eventually understand each other and their fears.
White Time
Presents ten short stories, both dark and hopeful, that journey into the past, the future, and altered versions of the present.
A Platypus, Probably
Follow a female platypus as she hunts for food, finds a mate, builds a shelter, and cares for her pups.
The Flame Tree
Just before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, an anti-American Muslim group gains power in Java, and Isaac, the twelve-year-old son of American missionary doctors, finds his world turned upside-down.
The Phantom Mudder
All dogs like mud. All dogs like biscuits. This is a fact. But when mud and biscuits happen at the same time, Jack knows there is skulldoggery in the air. Who is mudding the show dogs of Doggeroo?
Songs Of Papa’s Island
A mother tells her daughter a series of stories about life on Guam before the daughter was born and when she was a baby.